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Nepotilla finlayi

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Nepotilla finlayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Nepotilla
Species:
N. finlayi
Binomial name
Nepotilla finlayi
Powell, 1937

Nepotilla finlayi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.2 mm, its diameter 1.4 mm.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand, Exclusive Economic Zone of New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands, North Island.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Nepotilla finlayi Powell, 1937. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ Spencer, William, Marshal, Murray, H.G., R.C., B.A., T.J. (2011). "Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone". otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 18 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Great Britain.; Britain, Great; Britain, Great; Britain), Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Great; Britain, National Institute of Oceanography of Great (1937). Discovery reports. Vol. v.15 (1937). London: Cambridge University Press.
  • New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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